Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas

What Does a Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas Do?

Operate equipment to increase oil flow from producing wells or to remove stuck pipe, casing, tools, or other obstructions from drilling wells. Includes fishing-tool technicians.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Maintain and perform safety inspections on equipment and tools.
• 2Operate controls that raise derricks or level rigs.
• 3Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
• 4Prepare reports of services rendered, tools used, or time required, for billing purposes.
• 5Install pressure-control devices onto wellheads.
• 6Confer with others to gather information regarding pipe or tool sizes or borehole conditions in wells.
• 7Operate pumps that circulate water, oil, or other fluids through wells to remove sand or other materials obstructing the free flow of oil.
• 8Drive truck-mounted units to well sites.

Required Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Monitoring
• Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
• Data logger software
• Inventory tracking software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Microsoft Word
• SAP software
• Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software

Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas Salary